Hermann endemann



UNITED Sana-Es HERMANN ENDEMANIRJOF PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MANUFACTURE OF MATCHES.

srncrmcarrrou forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,617, dated April10, 188 3.

I Application filed January 24,1883. (No specimens.)

provements in the Manufacture of Matches, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in the combination,

with a strip, stick, or sheet of paper, paste board, or wood saturatedwith oleic acid and with a suitable lighting composition, of basicbinding material-such as'protoxide of leadwhich may be incorporated intothe lighting composition or applied to the surface of the stockat'terthe samehas been treated with oleic acid.

My invention is intended particularly for matches where the lightingcomposition does not inclose the match, but is applied to a flatsurface, as in a tape match orin a regular stick match, where thelighting composition is applied only at the end. In the manufacture ofsuch matches, sticks or strips of paper, strawhoard, or wood;board haveheretofore been used, and the lighting compositionhas been applied tosaid sticks, strips, or sheets after the same were saturatedwith oleicacid. It is found, however, that the lighting composition applied tosuch sticks, strips, or sheets is liable to break off, since thematerials generally used for the various lighting compositions-have noaffinity for the oleic acid used for saturating the stock-that is tosay, the paper, pasteboard, or wood, or other material employed for themanufacture of matches.

After various experiments I have found that different substances of abasic character can be used as binding materials-such, for instance, asprotoxide of lead, (litharge,) oxide of zinc, or oxide of magnesium. Thebinding material which I use by preference is litharge, and'I haveapplied the same either by incorporating it with the lightingcomposition or by applying it to the saturated stock.

The lighting composition which I use by preference consists ofphosphorus, three parts; fine sharp sandor powdered glass, two parts;gum-tragacanth, one-half part; water, three parts. If the basic bindingmaterial is to be incorporated with the lighting composition, I

add to the mass above stated two parts of litharge or an equivalentquantity of oxide of zinc or other similar material. After theingredients have'been thoroughly mixed, so as to form a homogeneousmass, I bring the mass uponthe saturated sticks or strips; or the stockmay be saturated in sheets witholeic acid and the lighting compositionapplied thereto in rows at suitable distance apart, and after the rowshave dried the sheet may be cut up in strips or sticks, which arefinally packed for use. If I desire to apply the litharge or other basicbinding material directly to the stock,

pose set forth. 7

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresenceof two subscribin g witnesses.

' H.'ENDEMANN. [L. 8.] Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

